diff --git a/daemon/exec_linux_test.go b/daemon/exec_linux_test.go
index cdebeb1cd7..fc011a4d35 100644
--- a/daemon/exec_linux_test.go
+++ b/daemon/exec_linux_test.go
@@ -8,46 +8,83 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/apparmor"
 	containertypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/config"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/exec"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
 )
 
-func TestExecSetPlatformOpt(t *testing.T) {
-	if !apparmor.HostSupports() {
-		t.Skip("requires AppArmor to be enabled")
+func TestExecSetPlatformOptAppArmor(t *testing.T) {
+	appArmorEnabled := apparmor.HostSupports()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		doc             string
+		privileged      bool
+		appArmorProfile string
+		expectedProfile string
+	}{
+		{
+			doc:             "default options",
+			expectedProfile: defaultAppArmorProfile,
+		},
+		{
+			doc:             "custom profile",
+			appArmorProfile: "my-custom-profile",
+			expectedProfile: "my-custom-profile",
+		},
+		{
+			doc:             "privileged container",
+			privileged:      true,
+			expectedProfile: unconfinedAppArmorProfile,
+		},
+		{
+			doc:             "privileged container, custom profile",
+			privileged:      true,
+			appArmorProfile: "my-custom-profile",
+			expectedProfile: "my-custom-profile",
+			// FIXME: execSetPlatformOpts prefers custom profiles over "privileged",
+			//        which looks like a bug (--privileged on the container should
+			//        disable apparmor, seccomp, and selinux); see the code at:
+			//        https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/46cdcd206c56172b95ba5c77b827a722dab426c5/daemon/exec_linux.go#L32-L40
+			// expectedProfile: unconfinedAppArmorProfile,
+		},
 	}
-	d := &Daemon{}
-	c := &container.Container{AppArmorProfile: "my-custom-profile"}
-	ec := &exec.Config{}
-	p := &specs.Process{}
 
-	err := d.execSetPlatformOpt(c, ec, p)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-custom-profile", p.ApparmorProfile)
-}
+	d := &Daemon{configStore: &config.Config{}}
 
-// TestExecSetPlatformOptPrivileged verifies that `docker exec --privileged`
-// does not disable AppArmor profiles. Exec currently inherits the `Privileged`
-// configuration of the container. See https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/31773#discussion_r105586900
-//
-// This behavior may change in future, but test for the behavior to prevent it
-// from being changed accidentally.
-func TestExecSetPlatformOptPrivileged(t *testing.T) {
-	if !apparmor.HostSupports() {
-		t.Skip("requires AppArmor to be enabled")
+	// Currently, `docker exec --privileged` inherits the Privileged configuration
+	// of the container, and does not disable AppArmor.
+	// See https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/31773#discussion_r105586900
+	//
+	// This behavior may change in future, but to verify the current behavior,
+	// we run the test both with "exec" and "exec --privileged", which should
+	// both give the same result.
+	for _, execPrivileged := range []bool{false, true} {
+		for _, tc := range tests {
+			tc := tc
+			doc := tc.doc
+			if !appArmorEnabled {
+				// no profile should be set if the host does not support AppArmor
+				doc += " (apparmor disabled)"
+				tc.expectedProfile = ""
+			}
+			if execPrivileged {
+				doc += " (exec privileged)"
+			}
+			t.Run(doc, func(t *testing.T) {
+				c := &container.Container{
+					AppArmorProfile: tc.appArmorProfile,
+					HostConfig: &containertypes.HostConfig{
+						Privileged: tc.privileged,
+					},
+				}
+				ec := &exec.Config{Privileged: execPrivileged}
+				p := &specs.Process{}
+
+				err := d.execSetPlatformOpt(c, ec, p)
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, p.ApparmorProfile, tc.expectedProfile)
+			})
+		}
 	}
-	d := &Daemon{}
-	c := &container.Container{AppArmorProfile: "my-custom-profile"}
-	ec := &exec.Config{Privileged: true}
-	p := &specs.Process{}
-
-	err := d.execSetPlatformOpt(c, ec, p)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-custom-profile", p.ApparmorProfile)
-
-	c.HostConfig = &containertypes.HostConfig{Privileged: true}
-	err = d.execSetPlatformOpt(c, ec, p)
-	assert.NilError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, unconfinedAppArmorProfile, p.ApparmorProfile)
 }